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TEST 2
_____ 1. "I always jumped. Otherwise I would have lost face with Phineas and that would have
been unthinkable," was spoken by
A. Brinker
B. Gene
C. Leper
_____ 2. If Finny's first fall was possibly the result of Gene's jostling the tree, his second fall was
probably due to
A. a second shaking of the tree by Gene
B. Finny's presence at Gene's "trial"
C. an accident of undisclosed nature
_____ 3. "The traditions had been broken, the standards let down, all rules forgotten," was a direct
consequence of
A. the trial of Gene
B. the coming of war
C. the fall of Finny
_____ 4. The snowball fights were organized by
A. Brinker as casual competitions
B. Quackenbush as a school function
C. Finny as a war game
_____ 5. Finny's jumping from the tree may be seen as a symbol of
A. competition
B. an act of war
C. a separate peace
_____ 6. Gene's statement, "Nothing had broken his [Phineas'] harmonious and natural unity. So at
last I had," suggests
A. Gene's possible jealousy and sense of remorse
B. Phineas' innocence and lack of awareness
C. neither of the above
_____ 7. The two war casualties in A Separate Peace were
A. Finny and Gene
B. Gene and Leper
C. Finny and Leper
_____ 8. "Breaking the rules" is deliberately used by Knowles to show
A. its contrast to the rules of war
B. Finny's destructive spirit
C. Brinker's challenge to authority
_____ 9. Leper's going AWOL may be an indication of his
A. being a misfit, in general
B. sensitivity to the brutality of war
C. protest against the war effort
_____ 10. The game of blitzball is a play on the German phrase "blitzkrieg" meaning a
A. high school sport
B. lightning war
C. running competition
11. Describe the role of nature and the elements in A Separate Peace.
12. The teenage years are an important time for finding yourself. How well do you think Gene
knows who he is?
13. Do you think sports are given exaggerated importance in A Separate Peace? If so, why? If not,
why not?
14. Trace the theme of justice in A Separate Peace. Is it your conclusion that John Knowles believes
we live in an unjust world?
15. Compare the Gene Forrester of the summer of 1942 with the Gene Forrester of the summer of
1943. How do they differ?
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